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Probing the light hole / heavy hole switching with correlated magneto-optical spectroscopy and chemical analysis on a single quantum dot
摘要： A whole series of complementary studies have been performed on the same, single nanowire containing a quantum dot: cathodoluminescence spectroscopy and imaging, micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy under magnetic field and as a function of temperature, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry and imaging. The ZnTe nanowire was deposited on a Si3N4 membrane with Ti/Al patterns. The complete set of data shows that the CdTe quantum dot features the heavy-hole state as a ground state, although the compressive mismatch strain promotes a light-hole ground state as soon as the aspect ratio is larger than unity (elongated dot). A numerical calculation of the whole structure shows that the transition from the heavy-hole to the light-hole configuration is pushed toward values of the aspect ratio much larger than unity by the presence of a (Zn,Mg)Te shell, and that the effect is further enhanced by a small valence band offset between the semiconductors in the dot and around it.
关键词： molecular beam epitaxy,optical spectroscopy,EDX,semiconductors,cathodoluminescence,quantum dot,nanowires
更新于2025-11-21 11:20:48
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A carbon nanotube-iron (III) oxide nanocomposite as a cathode in dye-sensitized solar cells: Computational modeling and electrochemical investigations
摘要： Here is the evaluating result on the applicability of the multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and a-iron (III) oxide (a-Fe2O3) nanocomposite as a cathode material in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The morphology and the structure of the MWCNT/a-Fe2O3 nanocomposite have characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray elemental mapping analysis. Moreover, the electrochemical performance of the nanocomposite has studied toward the activity of Iˉ/I3ˉ redox couple which represents high current density, low peak-to-peak separation, low charge-transfer resistance, and almost 100% stable response signal. Furthermore, the computational modeling employing the molecular mechanics (MM) and the restricted-Hartree Fock/semiempirical parameterization (RHF/PM6) methods reveals that the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), and the HOMO-LUMO energy gap of the modeled nanocomposite are as (cid:1)6.88, (cid:1)3.62, and 3.26 eV, respectively. These properties match with the electronic-level domino of the DSC structure. Finally, the DSC device has fabricated using N719-sensitized TiO2 photoanode and MWCNT/a-Fe2O3 counter electrode, presenting the open-circuit potential, the short-circuit current density, and the power-conversion ef?ciency of 0.7 V, 20.37 mA cmˉ2, and 6.0%, respectively. This study successfully approves the potential of the nanocomposite as a cathode material in iodine-based dye-sensitized solar cells.
关键词： Dye-sensitized solar cell,Nanocomposite,Carbon nanotube,Molecular mechanics,RHF/PM6,Iron (III) oxide
更新于2025-11-21 11:18:25
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Enhanced surface plasmon resonance (SPR) signals based on immobilization of core-shell nanoparticles incorporated boron nitride nanosheets: Development of molecularly imprinted SPR nanosensor for anticancer drug, etoposide
摘要： An effective SPR nanosensor based on core-shell nanoparticles (Ag@AuNPs) incorporated hexagonal boron nitride (HBN) nanosheets and molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was presented for etoposide (ETO) detection. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) method, cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) methods were utilized for all characterizations of nanomaterials and polymer surfaces. ETO imprinted SPR nanosensor based on Ag@AuNPs-HBN nanocomposite was developed in the presence of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-methacryloylamidoglutamic acid) [p(HEMA-MAGA)]. The results of the study have revealed that 0.001 - 1.00 ng mL-1 (1.70×10-12 - 1.70×10-9 M) and 0.00025 ng mL-1 (4.25×10-13 M) were found as the linearity range and the detection limit (LOD). Furthermore, the prepared SPR nanosensor was examined in terms of stability, repeatability and selectivity. Finally, the imprinted SPR nanosensor was applied to the urine samples having high recovery.
关键词： Etoposide,Core-shell nanoparticles,Hexagonal boron nitride,Urine sample,Molecular imprinted nanosensor
更新于2025-11-21 11:18:25
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Ferroelectric Enhanced Performance of a GeSn/Ge Dual-Nanowire Photodetector
摘要： GeSn offers a reduced bandgap than Ge and has been utilized in Si-based infrared photodetectors with extended cutoff wavelength. However, traditional GeSn/Ge heterostructure usually consists defects like misfit dislocations due to the lattice mismatch issue. The defects with the large feature size of photodetector fabricated on bulk GeSn/Ge heterostructure induces considerable dark current. Here, we demonstrate a flexible GeSn/Ge dual-nanowire (NW) structure, in which the strain relaxation is achieved by the elastic deformation without introducing defects and the feature dimension is naturally at nanoscale. Photodetector with low dark current can be built on GeSn/Ge dual-NW, which exhibits an extended detection wavelength beyond 2 μm and the enhanced responsivity compared to Ge NW. Moreover, the dark current can be further suppressed by the depletion effect from ferroelectric polymer side gate. Our work suggests the flexible GeSn/Ge dual-NW may open an avenue for Si-compatible optoelectronic circuits operating in the short-wavelength infrared range.
关键词： Nanowire,Germanium-tin,Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE),Side-gated,Photodetector,Ferroelectrical polymer
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Synthesis and characterization of novel benzodithiophene-fused perylene diimide acceptors: Regulate photovoltaic performance via structural isomerism
摘要： Two isomeric benzodithiophene-fused perylene diimides, BPDI-1 and BPDI-2, are designed and synthesized via photo-induced ring-closure reaction between perylene diimide (PDI) acceptor and both isomeric benzodithiophene donor cores, including benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene (BDP) and benzo[1,2-b:4,3-b']dithiophene (BdT). The effect of structural isomerism on the molecular geometry, absorption, energy level, film morphology as well as photovoltaic performance is comparatively studied. It is found that the variation of the S atom substituted position in the donor cores results in distinct molecular geometries for the newly-developed BPDI-1 and BPDI-2 acceptors. Compared with BDP-containing BPDI-1, the incorporation of BdT core endows BPDI-2 with a remarkably enhanced backbone distortion. When blended with the commercially available polymer donor (PTB7-Th), such twisted structure feature for the BPDI-2 acceptor plays a key role in reducing molecule aggregation, which is helpful for the enhancements of short-circuit current density and photovoltaic efficiency effectively. As a result, non-fullerene solar cells fabricated from BPDI-2 acceptor achieve higher photovoltaic efficiency (4.44%) than that of BPDI-1 (2.98%), mainly benefited from superior short-circuit current density. This work provides us comparative understanding of isomeric geometry and device performance.
关键词： Benzodithiophene,Molecular geometry,Non-fullerene organic solar cells,Perylene diimide derivatives
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Kidney toxicity and response of selenium containing protein-glutathione peroxidase (Gpx3) to CdTe QDs on different levels
摘要： The toxic mechanism of cadmium-quantum dot (Cd-QDs) to organisms is still debating. In this paper, it was found that Cd-QDs could induce adverse effects to kidney by entering into cells in a time and dose manner and disturbing the redox balance in vivo. As a selenium containing protein, glutathione peroxidase3 (Gpx3) plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of redox system. The decrease of Gpx3 activity might be related to the imbalance of redox system. Similar to the animal results, it was demonstrated that Gpx3 activity is also inhibited by Cd-QDs in vitro. To investigate the underlying mechanism of Cd-QDs on conformational and functional changes of Gpx3, systematical measurements including calorimetric, multi-spectroscopic studies and molecular model studies were carried out on molecular level. Results showed that Cd-QDs binds to Gpx3 via Van der Waals' force and hydrogen bonds, resulting in structural changes with increasing contents of α-helix. By interacting with Glu136 in the cavity of Gpx3 as well as Phe132, Pro130 and Van129 surrounded, Cd-QDs changes the micro-environment of fluorophore and further reduce the activity of Gpx3.
关键词： glutathione peroxidase3,redox balance,molecular mechanism,kidney toxicity,Cd-QDs
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39
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Planar plasmonic nanocavity for efficient enhancement of photoluminescence of molecular emitters
摘要： Effects of plasmonic gap mode formation due to coupling between metal nanoparticles and thin metal film separated by thin dielectric luminescent film-spacer (gap) have been studied by means of light extinction and photoluminescence in three-layer planar Au NPs monolayer/shellac-dye film/Au film nanostructure with spacer thickness varied in the range 8–47 nm. The 3-fold enhancement of light extinction and 90 nm red shift of the plasmon mode have been observed in extinction spectra. The 37-fold enhancement of dye photoluminescence and the significant (48 nm) red shift of dye photoluminescence band have been observed for Au NPs monolayer/shellac-dye film/Au film nanostructure in comparison with bare shellac-dye film for the spacer thickness of 8 nm. The decrease of the spacer thickness causes the increase of the enhancement factor of dye photoluminescence indicating the strengthening of the gap mode field. FDTD calculations of the dependence of the intensity of the field of gap mode on the gap thickness have demonstrated good quantitative agreement with experimental data that proves the key role of gap mode in the enhancement of the electromagnetic field in planar metal NPs monolayer/dielectric film/metal film plasmonic nanocavity nanostructures. The variation of the gap thickness provides the possibility to tune controllably the spectral position and enhancement factor of the light emission from the molecular emitters located in the gap that can be used in the novel nanophotonics devices and for highly sensitive detection of the single molecules.
关键词： Near field coupling,Gap thickness dependence,Molecular emitters,Gap mode,Plasmonic nanocavity,Photoluminescence enhancement
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39
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Highly Sensitive and Selective Nanogap-Enhanced SERS Sensing Platform
摘要： This paper reports a highly sensitive and selective surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensing platform. We used a simple fabrication method to generate plasmonic hotspots through a direct maskless plasma etching of a polymer surface and the surface tension-driven assembly of high aspect ratio Ag/polymer nanopillars. These collapsed plasmonic nanopillars produced an enhanced near-field interaction via coupled localized surface plasmon resonance. The high density of the small nanogaps yielded a high plasmonic detection performance, with an average SERS enhancement factor of 1.5 × 107. More importantly, we demonstrated that the encapsulation of plasmonic nanostructures within nanofiltration membranes allowed the selective filtration of small molecules based on the degree of membrane swelling in organic solvents and molecular size. Nanofiltration membrane-encapsulated SERS substrates do not require pretreatments. Therefore, they provide a simple and fast detection of toxic molecules using portable Raman spectroscopy.
关键词： hotspots,sensors,molecular filtration,surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy,localized surface plasmon resonance
更新于2025-11-14 15:30:11
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Ultra-selective fiber optic SPR platform for the sensing of dopamine in synthetic cerebrospinal fluid incorporating permselective nafion membrane and surface imprinted MWCNTs-PPy matrix
摘要： Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based dopamine sensor is realized using the state-of-art technique of molecular imprinting over an optical fiber substrate. Polypyrrole (PPy) is depicted as an effective polymer for the imprinting of dopamine through a green synthesis approach. Sensitivity of the probe is enhanced by the augmenting effect of surface imprinting of dopamine in polypyrrole over multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). To ensure the permselectivity of the probe towards dopamine molecules, a cation exchange polymer, nafion, is utilized as a membrane over imprinted sites to reduce the interference from anionic analytes like ascorbic acid and uric acid at physiological pH. The probe is characterized for a wide range of dopamine concentration from 0 to 10-5 M in artificial cerebrospinal fluid. Various probe parameters are varied to maximize the sensitivity of the sensor. The sensor possesses 18.9 pM as the limit of detection (LOD) which is lowest of those reported in the literature. The manifestation of sensing probe over an optical fiber along with the improved LOD makes the approach highly advantageous in terms of stability, repeatability, online remote monitoring, fast response, and miniaturization for its in vivo/in vitro applications in clinical sensing of dopamine.
关键词： surface plasmon,dopamine,Optical fiber,polypyrrole,nafion,molecular imprinting,sensor,multiwalled carbon nanotube
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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A Visible-Light-Driven Molecular Motor Based on Pyrene
摘要： The aromatic core of an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor is extended with the goal of inducing isomerization with visible light instead of harmful UV light. In our design, the common naphthalene moiety in the upper half of the motor is changed to pyrene. The photochemical and thermal isomerization processes are studied in detail using DFT calculations as well as NMR and UV/vis spectroscopy. Our studies confirm that extension of the π-system of the upper half successfully leads to a shift of the excitation wavelength into the visible region, while retaining proper rotary function.
关键词： Molecular Switches,Photochromism,Overcrowded Alkenes,Molecular Motors,Pyrene
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52